The branch command assumes HEAD as the starting point if none is specified. This causes --set-upstream to behave unexpectedly if the user types git branch --set-upstream origin/master git-branch will assume a second argument of HEAD and create config entries for a local branch origin/master to track the current branch. This is rarely, if ever, what the user wants to do. Catch invocations with --set-upstream and only one branch so the command above sets up the current branch to track origin's master branch. Signed-off-by: Carlos Martín Nieto <cmn@xxxxxxxx> --- I got tired of --set-upstream biting me in the arse so I (presumably) fixed it. I've only run the t3200 test for now. I'll check the rest of the suite when I'm in front of a computer that's got some power, but I don't expect other tests to be affected. builtin/branch.c | 16 ++++++++++++++-- t/t3200-branch.sh | 23 +++++++++++++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 37 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/builtin/branch.c b/builtin/branch.c index 0e060f2..6bbabda 100644 --- a/builtin/branch.c +++ b/builtin/branch.c @@ -853,10 +853,22 @@ int cmd_branch(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix) else usage_with_options(builtin_branch_usage, options); } else if (argc > 0 && argc <= 2) { + const char *branch, *upstream; if (kinds != REF_LOCAL_BRANCH) die(_("-a and -r options to 'git branch' do not make sense with a branch name")); - create_branch(head, argv[0], (argc == 2) ? argv[1] : head, - force_create, reflog, 0, quiet, track); + + /* The usual way, make the branch point be HEAD of none is specified */ + branch = argv[0]; + upstream = (argc == 2) ? argv[1] : head; + + /* If the command was 'git branch --set-upstream origin/master', + make HEAD track origin/master, not the other way around */ + if (track == BRANCH_TRACK_OVERRIDE && argc == 1) { + branch = head; + upstream = argv[0]; + } + + create_branch(head, branch, upstream, force_create, reflog, 0, quiet, track); } else usage_with_options(builtin_branch_usage, options); diff --git a/t/t3200-branch.sh b/t/t3200-branch.sh index a17f8b2..e06d642 100755 --- a/t/t3200-branch.sh +++ b/t/t3200-branch.sh @@ -369,6 +369,29 @@ test_expect_success \ 'git tag foobar && test_must_fail git branch --track my11 foobar' +test_expect_success 'set upstream with both branches explicit' \ + 'git config remote.local.url . && + git config remote.local.fetch refs/heads/master:refs/remotes/local/master && + (git show-ref -q refs/remotes/local/master || git fetch local) && + git branch --no-track my12 && + git branch --set-upstream my12 local/master && + test $(git config branch.my12.remote) = local && + test $(git config branch.my12.merge) = refs/heads/master' + +# The unsets at the end is to leave the master config as we found it, +# so later tests don't get confused + +test_expect_success 'set upstream with implicit HEAD as branch to modify' \ + 'git config remote.local.url . && + git config remote.local.fetch refs/heads/master:refs/remotes/local/master && + (git show-ref -q refs/remotes/local/master || git fetch local) && + git branch --set-upstream local/master && + test $(git config branch.master.remote) = local && + test $(git config branch.master.merge) = refs/heads/master + git config --unset branch.master.remote && + git config --unset branch.master.merge +' + # Keep this test last, as it changes the current branch cat >expect <<EOF $_z40 $HEAD $GIT_COMMITTER_NAME <$GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL> 1117150200 +0000 branch: Created from master -- 1.7.11.1.104.ge7b44f1 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html